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James C. Schaap

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Men Behaving Goodly

If I heard it once, I heard the story a dozen times. It was all about the gendered shape of conversation. Went like this. One

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Slim Buttes

That the hide painting is mislabeled is no one’s fault, really. Somewhere along the line of ownership it was likely a slip of the tongue

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“Over There”

Johnnie, get your gun Get your gun, get your gun Take it on the run On the run, on the run Hear them calling, you

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Lament for Halloween

You’ve got to be my age or older, and you have to have been born in a small town to know what I’m talking about,

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The Liberation of Colorado City

Just exactly how many wives he had—or has, since he’s only out of circulation, not breath—isn’t clear. Estimations go beyond what you can count on

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Privy piety

I worked there for only three summers. I’m sure there was summer help, like me, who worked there longer, so I probably can’t claim a

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Holiday

To me, the word Tabaski sounded more like a seasoning than a holiday weekend—but Tabaski, Festival of the Sacrifice, is an age-old Muslim gala of

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